Any actor will tell you that sometimes a role is just a role — but sometimes it’s personal. For actors of color, who traditionally have had limited opportunities on stage, that’s especially true when they tell stories that reflect their culture. Alina Alcántara, of Dominican heritage, remembers...
Orlando Shakes will open its new season with Lin-Manuel Miranda's "In the Heights." The musical from the "Hamilton" creator follows the fortunes of a group of neighbors, family members and friends in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. Here's a look at some of the cast.
The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts has unexpectedly lost a key staff member — a national award winner who was instrumental in establishing the downtown Orlando venue’s extensive arts-education programs. Senior director of education Dana Brazil resigned this month, a center spokeswoman...
I knew things were off to a good start for the Florida Festival of New Musicals when I counted 60 people in the theater … on a Thursday … afternoon. Who needs work or errands when there’s new theater to be seen? The festival was started in 2017 by Winter Park Playhouse. In its second year, playhouse...
Go big or go home, says the maxim, and that’s what United Ballet Theatre did on its first outing Sunday afternoon. Orlando’s newest dance company rented the big Walt Disney Theater at the downtown Dr. Phillips Center to present “The Athletes of Art.” Whether such splashy moves make financial sense...
We can all agree that in the original “Star Wars” trilogy, “Return of the Jedi” was the weakest installment, right? I mean some of the plot holes and leaps in logic are just too glaring to be ignored, even for a popcorn flick. You know how you can make “Jedi” better? No, not by digitally adding...